Prescription drug use among elderly admitted to medical wards in a Malaysian government hospital.
Med J Malaysia
; 63(2): 125-30, 2008 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-18942298
ABSTRACT
A cross-sectional study was conducted to examine the use of prescription drugs among elderly patients (> or = 60 years old) admitted to medical wards in Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A total of 204 elderly (101 men and 103 women) were interviewed. Eighty two percent of the elderly were taking at least one prescription drug, with 39.2% taking > or = 5 drugs. Prescription drugs commonly used were antihypertensives (54.4%), antidiabetics (40.2%), drugs used in haemostasis (36.8%), nitrates (33.3%) and diuretics (32.4%). Factors associated with increased use of prescription drugs were more number of chronic diseases, self-rated health status as poor, low Barthel score, and Chinese women.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Prescripciones de Medicamentos
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med J Malaysia
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Malasia